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👧 Girl's name 📊 Moderately Common UK #96

Rosa

Rosa sits comfortably in the UK charts at #96 in 2025 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.

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UK Rank 2025
#96
US Rank #653
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About the Name Rosa

Rosa has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #94. The name has climbed 66 places in the last five years โ€” a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.

Rosa is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Rosa on the register.

In the US it sits at #663 โ€” notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.

โญ Famous People Named Rosa

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Rosa

Unlikely. With around 470 UK babies named Rosa per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Rosa in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Rosa has been fairly steady, ranked #96 in 2025 against #160 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #94 in 2024.
Rosa is more popular in the UK (#94) than in the US (#663). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Rosa include: Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll', Rosa Blasi and Salvator Rosa. Short summaries for each appear below.
Rosa ranks #663 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
470
UK babies named Rosa (2025)
~0.0
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.2
In a school of 600
↑ 64 places
Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Rosa

Almost certainly the only Rosa in the class

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UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

US Popularity (2020–2025)

Rank · SSA official data

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Famous People Named Rosa

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll'1843
Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll' (aka AUSbord) is a pink shrub rose cultivar, bred by British rose breeder, David C.
Rosa Lewis
Rosa Lewis was an English cook and owner of The Cavendish Hotel in London, located at the intersection of Jermyn Street and Duke Street, St.
Rosa Blasi
Rosa Blasi Harris is an American actress, author, model, singer and therapist.
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg ( LUK-sษ™m-burg; Polish: Rรณลผa Luksemburg [หˆruสa หˆluksษ›mburk] ; German: [หˆสoหza หˆlสŠksmฬฉbสŠสk] ; 5 March 1871 โ€“ 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German Marxist theorist and revolutionary.
Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticised landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th century.

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